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'''Rastafari movement''' members worship [[Haile Selassie I]] as an incarnation of the one true living [[God]], following a syncretism of Judeo-Christian values and [[pagan]] practices{{fact}}.  
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'''Rastafari movement''' members worship [[Haile Selassie I]] as an incarnation of the one true living [[God]], following a syncretism of Judeo-Christian values and African practices.  
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Rastafarians meet on a weekly basis for a time of worship and prayers, though they do not have a specific holy day for such services. Part of the service often consists of smoking [[marijuana]], a plant with great spiritual significance to them.  They support the legalization of marijuana, citing in their defense several Bible verses:
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Rastafarians meet on a weekly basis for a time of worship and prayers, though they do not have a specific holy day for such services. As [[Lincoln Thompson]] sang: Sunday morning, the heathen running to the temple, during the week they are the devil's disciple."<ref>Lincoln Thompson, Rootsman Blues, 1983</ref>Part of the service often consists of smoking [[marijuana]], a plant with great spiritual significance to them.  They support the legalization of marijuana, citing in their defense several Bible verses:
    
: "He causeth the grass for the cattle, and herb for the services of man." - Psalm 104:14
 
: "He causeth the grass for the cattle, and herb for the services of man." - Psalm 104:14
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